and how close are we really to being energy independent? we'll talk about all of that in a few minutes. martha: sounds great. see you then. in the meantime a miss tore i can city of canals is more underwater now than ever. look at that. new video of a near record flooding in venice. >> and some getting new independence. gregg: historic flooding in venice, italy the scene of many canals, seas flooding about 70% of the central part of the city. venice installing temporary bridges to help folks get around. hundreds had to be evacuated to tuesday ka knee where they are drinking a lot of wine right now. martha: doesn't sound too terrible. right. gregg: no. martha: a new program to help those who are the most disabled among veterans. steve centanni joins me live from fred ris virginia. steve, talk to me a little bit about what they are doing there. >> reporter: the house you see behind me is being donated to a quadruple amputee who served in iraq and afghanistan, sergeant john peck. he first went to iraq and had a brain injure from an ied that we